Hi Liam and list,
Thanks again. As I said in the original post, if there
is anyone who is interested in photography, located in or willing to travel to
Brisbane, and is happy to spend some time learning how to digitize plate glass
negatives (which I believe is a rather specialised skill), let me know and I’ll
pass your details on with an eye to getting the rest of the collection
digitised. Unfortunately only a portion of the possible images have
actually been copied to digital media; a problem more based in lack of manpower
and time than lack of will on QM’s part. Not only are there obvious
benefits to Commons if we can get someone to do this, but it’s a rather
specialised skill and could look good on one’s CV if they’re
looking to get into curating and the like.
Cheers,
Craig F.
Liam Wyatt (liamwyatt at
gmail.com)
Sat Nov 7 15:53:35 UTC 2009
I just announced this to the
group assembled here in Paris for the Multimedia
Usability
meeting<http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Multimedia:Meeting_in_Paris>-
applause and congratulations all
around. We have spent the last two
days
in intense discussion about
"GLAM collaboration" and there are many amazing
technical/community/process
projects that are being looked at. There are an
increasing number and increasing
quality of these kinds of collaborations,
so, to be able to look at a new
collaboration appear right in the middle of
high-level discussions about how
to improve these collaborations is just
fantastic. It really reminds us
why we are here and what can be achieved.
Once again, Congratulations and please
let me know personally or us know as
a community if you need any
assistance on this project. I hope that as a few
more get uploaded and
incorporated into articles we can announce this
collaboration a bit more widely
e.g. through the Wikipedia Signpost and
maybe the Frontpage of Commons
news announcement.
Sincerely,
-Liam
wittylama.com/blog
Peace, love & metadata